Quick Chicken Fricassee

Name: Quick Chicken Fricassee
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 2 pounds, boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thighs, or a combination; , Table salt and ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, olive oil; 1 pound, cremini mushrooms, stems trimmed, caps wiped clean and cut into 1/4-inch slices; 1 , medium onion, chopped fine (about 1 cup); 1/4 cup, dry white wine; 1 tablespoon, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 , medium garlic clove, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 1 teaspoon); 1 1/2 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1/3 cup, sour cream; 1 , egg yolk; 1/2 teaspoon, freshly grated nutmeg; 2 teaspoons, juice from 1 lemon; 2 teaspoons, minced fresh tarragon (see note)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2010, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Chicken

Weeknight

This classic French dish of poached chicken in cream sauce would have a lot going for it, if we could streamline the recipe and punch up the flavors.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts and thighs considerably cut down our chicken fricassee recipe’s cooking time. To add back richness, we browned the meat in a combination of butter and oil, and browned vegetables until they developed their...

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